German-American Probate Law and Estate Planning
Together with our U.S. partner law firms we advise American clients residing in Germany or having property in Germany on all aspects of German-American inheritance law, both in English and in German. Our German offices (Berlin, Hamburg, Munich) are staffed with German lawyers (Rechtsanwalt) and U.S. attorneys that are fluent in English and German. We consult with a view towards the overall tax and civil law situation. Our services include:
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Trust Quaterly Review: Election FeverNews
- German Federal Fiscal Court Ruling on Gift Tax triggered by Distributions from a Foreign Trust
- German Federal Fiscal Court: Assets titled in Trust to which the Grantor has reserved comprehensive Powers are to be considered owned by him for German Inheritance and Gift Tax Purposes
- Decicison of the German Federal Fiscal Court on the Taxation of Distributions from a 401(k) to Beneficiary in Germany
- Concerns about a reduction in the U.S. Estate and Gift Tax exclusions? Make a gift now to benefit from historical exclusion levels.
- The Curtailing of Stretch IRAs
Related publications
- U.S.-Trusts in German-American Estate Planning
- Taxation of U.S.-Trusts under the German Inheritance and Gift Tax Act
- Recognition of a German Will in California as regards to Form
- Collection of a German Bank account of a Deceased domiciled abroad
- Taxation of Distributions from an inherited IRA to a person Resident in Germany